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Special Collections
Title: Bernard and Rebecca Reis papers
Creator:
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992
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Birnbaum, Abe, 1899-1966
Creator:
Baziotes, William, 1912-1963
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Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
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Congdon, William, 1912-1998
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Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985
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Campigli, Massimo, 1895-1971
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Calas, Nicolas
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Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993
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De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
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De Diego, Julio, 1900-1979
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Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection
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Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
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Eliot, Alexander
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Dufy, Raoul, 1877-1953
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Guston, Philip, 1913-1980
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Van Leyden, Ernst, 1892-1969
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Grosz, George, 1893-1959
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Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979
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Man Ray, 1890-1976
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Miró, Joan, 1893-1983
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Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973
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Lloyd, Frank
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Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
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Reis, Bernard J.
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Motherwell, Robert
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Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002
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Reis, Rebecca G., 1896-1988
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Sandberg, Willem Jacob Henri Berend, 1897-1984
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Salemme, Attilio, 1911-1955
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Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012
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Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997
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Wilder, Clinton
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Asher, Elise, 1914-
Creator:
Albee, Edward, 1928-2016
Identifier/Call Number: 900184
Physical Description:
3.4 Linear Feet
(8 boxes)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1924-1985
Abstract: Accountant who served as a financial advisor and patron to many artists; wife Rebecca Reis (b. 1900) was an art collector.
The papers contain correspondence, business and financial records, printed ephemera, photographs, a substantial body of letters
from major and minor figures of the American art world, written and visual documentation of the Reis collection of art and
books, and ephemeral material relating to artists and patrons.
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Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Content of Collection
The Bernard and Rebecca Reis Papers contain correspondence, business and financial records, printed ephemera, and photographs.
The two primary foci, 20th century artists and the art collection formed by Bernard and Rebecca Reis, are brought out through
a substantial body of letters from major and minor figures of the American art world, written and visual documentation of
the Reis collection of art and books, and ephemeral material relating to artists and patrons.
Organized in three series: Series I. Correspondence and papers, ca. 1924-1985; Series II. Printed ephemera. ca. 1924-1985;
Series III. Photographs, ca. 1924-1985.
Bernard Reis (1895-1978) was an accountant who served as a financial advisor and patron to many artists; his wife, Rebecca
Reis (b. 1900), was an art collector.
Bernard Reis papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Acquired 1990.
Bernard and Rebecca Reis papers, ca. 1924-1985, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 900184.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa900184
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art patrons -- United States
Illustrations
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century
Painting, Modern -- 20th century
Art -- Collectors and collecting
Photographs, Original
Photographic prints -- 20th century
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
Reis, Rebecca G., 1896-1988
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968